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China to be AMD's largest market

By Liu Baijia (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-28 09:49

Spencer Pan, vice-president of AMD China, said the government has provided a level playing field in procurement, so his company will try its best to win customers together with computer makers.

In the notebook segment, the fastest-growing area, the company plans to work more closely with computer makers. HP has used AMD chips in notebooks and achieved a rapid growth.

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AMD, which launched an ambitious plan to bring computer access to half of the world's population by 2015 with partners, will begin to launch some low-cost computers for rural areas in partnership with local manufacturers.

The computers, with embedded chips and software, cost about 2,000 yuan, one-third of a mainstream PC.

In the past five years, AMD and other vendors in the industry have joined a remote education program. A total of 1.47 million computers will be set up in rural schools by the end of this year as part of this program.